Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

Because of the shouting they came up with, the eggs were sold out quite early, so we can still have a good time shopping around now.

Two adults and one child, three people started strolling on the street. Sanni had never been to the market before, so she opened her eyes wide and found everything curious.

Seeing her looking around, Zheng Yuan reminded her to hold her hand tightly. There have always been child traffickers in every era, and she should be more careful in this chaotic market.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin focused their attention on the stalls selling things and the surrounding shops to see what was being sold at the market. It was possible that business opportunities were hidden in these stalls.

Zhonghe Town is not big. In addition to this market street, there are three streets with shops. The rest of the area is just scattered alleys where people live.

Thinking about doing business, they walked around several shops.

Although it was a town, it had all kinds of shops, including restaurants, pharmacies, grocery stores, cloth stores, and even a small brothel.

Although the shop wasn't open for business yet, the smell of incense powder coming from the side was enough to make them feel choked.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin calculated that they only had three taels of silver in their hands at most, so they couldn't do anything big, so they could only start with food.

There are so many modern snacks. Even if Zheng Yuan can’t make every kind, he is confident that he can replicate a few of them.

When I told Duan Minmin about this idea, she agreed. She had tasted Zheng Yuan's cooking skills and naturally believed that as long as the ingredients were complete, there would be no shortage of markets for the food she made.

But what should they do now? They just observed for a week and found that there were actually quite a lot of stalls selling snacks. Although they didn't have money to buy some to try, they didn't see any stalls or shops where people lined up, which meant that the taste should be average.

"If you want to know what can capture people's stomachs most immediately, it must be fried food." After walking around and squatting in a corner, Duan Minmin suggested.

"I agree, but Amin, we don't have an iron pan, oil, or money to buy meat. If we use the clay pot to fry, I'm afraid we'll have to burn it before we can sell it. But we don't know if we have enough money to buy an iron pan. Iron pans are probably very expensive these days!"

"Yes, the initial investment is too huge for us. If it fails, we will be doomed. We will have to starve with all these children." Duan Minmin was scratching her head in worry.

"This broken clay pot can only be used to cook a few things, but I, a southerner, don't know how to make noodles. How about malatang? No, no, no, the most important ingredient, chili, is not in the pot. Besides, it's so hot in this hot weather, no matter how delicious the malatang is, it's probably not going to be a big hit." Zheng Yuan came up with an idea, but quickly rejected it.

"It's a hot day? Yuanbao, I have an idea. Let's sell ice jelly." Duan Minmin looked at Zheng Yuan with sparkling eyes.

Ice jelly? That's a good idea. As far as I can remember, this place does produce ice jelly seeds, and there are people selling them. It's just that the vendors can't afford to use ice, so the sales are average.

"I think it's okay. Amin, do you still remember how to make ice?" After hearing Duan Minmin's suggestion, Zheng Yuan knew that she must have thought of making ice by herself.

"Hehe, I didn't study chemistry in college for nothing. It's actually of some use here. Let's go buy some saltpeter. Making ice is super easy. As long as we have saltpeter, it will absorb heat when it melts." Duan Minmin stood up and walked towards the grocery store holding Zheng Yuan in one hand and Sanni in the other.

She went in excitedly and asked, "Waiter, do you have saltpeter?"

Today is a market day, and there are quite a lot of people in the store. A smiling middle-aged man squeezed out of the crowd and said, "Yes, yes, sister-in-law, how many kilograms do you need?"

"How much is one pound?" They had no idea about the price of saltpeter.

"60 wen per pound." When the shopkeeper heard someone wanted saltpeter, he thought he had a big business opportunity. But when he saw three people wearing tattered clothes, he instantly lost interest.

But as a businessman, he always keeps smiling.

How much? Sixty cents per pound? Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin looked at each other. It was so expensive. The money they earned from selling eggs in the morning would barely be enough to buy two pounds.

Zheng Yuan was a little hesitant to think about this, but Duan Minmin pulled her aside and said, "Yuanbao, I have a way to get saltpeter, but it's a bit disgusting and troublesome. I thought that if the saltpeter was cheap, it would save us a lot of trouble, but it's too expensive. We can only think of some unconventional ways."

When Zheng Yuan heard there was a solution, he felt relieved. The ice problem was solved for the time being, and the only thing left was the ice jelly.

So Zheng Yuan asked again: "Waiter, do you have Physalis seeds in your store?" As far as I can remember, this is the name used for ice jelly seeds here.

"Yes, yes. This one is 13 coins per pound." The shopkeeper replied, and then said awkwardly: "My sisters-in-law, my shop is small, so I don't have a waiter. I am the shopkeeper."

After he finished speaking, everyone who was buying things in the store started laughing quietly.

Ah, this! The two of them were so embarrassed that they dug their toes into the ground. How rude, how rude. They had watched too many TV dramas where people called the shopkeeper "Waiter, Waiter" all the time.

"Sorry, sorry..." The two apologized repeatedly.

"It's okay, it's okay. Sisters-in-law, how many pounds of saltpeter and ice powder do you want? Do you need anything else?" The shopkeeper still spoke politely and was not angry because the two people offended him.

Seeing that the shopkeeper didn't care, the two of them shamelessly pretended nothing happened.

"Boss, how much is this brown sugar?" The only thing at home was the brown sugar that Old Lady Chen brought to her that day to replenish her body, estimated to be only about half a pound. Dried fruit or something else could not be bought for the time being, so the ice jelly could only retain the most basic original flavor and add some brown sugar juice.

"Brown sugar is fifteen dollars a pound." The boss replied.

"Boss, give me ten kilograms of millet." The customer next to him called the boss.

"Hey! Okay! I'll be right there! Two sisters-in-law, you guys watch here first and call me if you need anything. I'll be busy now." The boss said hello to Zheng Yuan and the others and went over there.

Zheng Yuan calculated in his mind. He had thirty copper coins with him when he went out this morning. Amin drove the ox cart, which cost him one hundred and thirty-four copper coins. He spent ten copper coins on buns, so he had one hundred and fifty-four copper coins left.

"Amin, do you have any money left?" Zheng Yuan poked Duan Minmin and asked in a low voice.

Duan Minmin reached out and untied her money bag, took out forty-three coins, and found that she had no plans. She went out in the morning and just grabbed a handful of money from where Mrs. Duan hid her money.

So the total is 197 coins. After calculating for a while, Zheng Yuan squeezed in front of the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, can you help me get three catties of Physalis seeds and four catties of brown sugar? Oh, do you have any lime?"

"Ten cents a pound of lime."

"Then add another pound of lime."

"Okay!" The shopkeeper thought they were not going to buy anything, but they bought things worth more than a hundred coins at once without bargaining, so they happily went to get cloth bags to pack the things.

"The total is one hundred and nine cents, my two sisters-in-law." The shopkeeper packed the bag and handed it to the two of them.

Zheng Yuan carefully counted out one hundred and nine coins, counted them again carefully, and asked Duan Minmin to count them again before handing them over because he was not sure.

There's no other way. I'm really short of money and can't afford to spend a penny more.

After Duan Minmin counted the money and confirmed that it was all right, she handed it to Zheng Yuan. Just as she was about to hand over the money, she suddenly saw a basket of maltose on the counter. She remembered that she had coaxed Sizhu to buy him some candy last night. She couldn't break her promise to a child, so she asked hurriedly, "Boss, how much do you sell this maltose for?"